Firefox Update Fixes Critical Security Flaws

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Mozilla has released a new version of its popular Firefox Web
browser that fixes 11 security flaws and greatly reduces the
amount of memory the browser needs to function.

In a blog
post called "Firefox 7 is lean and fast," Mozilla explained
that the new Firefox, version 7, uses 20 to 30 percent less
memory than its predecessor, and in some cases as much as 50
percent less. In turn, said the posting, "the websites you
use will be snappier, more responsive, and suffer fewer pauses."

Along with the speed increase, Mozilla said it fixed 11 security
flaws in Firefox 7, including several "critical" ones that could
allow an attacker to remotely crash an infected system or, in the
case of one vulnerability, "infer keystrokes from motion data."

Firefox 7 can be downloaded from Mozilla's website. But make sure
it's the correct site, www.mozilla.org,
because if it's not, you could be in trouble.

At least one rogue websites has already been set up offering the
free software. Spotted by the researchers from the security firm
Sophos, the site, called Firefox7.org, appears as the second
result under a Google search for "Firefox 7."

The Firefox7.org page sits on a blogspot page called "mozillas"
but is not run by Mozilla and will not help you download the new
Firefox. Instead, Sophos
wrote, navigating to the fake Firefox update page could
potentially land you in murky waters; although the phony site
doesn't appear to contain any malware, it "could be updated at
any time" to do so.

This isn't the Firefox impersonator's first attempt. In the
comments section of the Sophos post, readers claim that the owner
of Firefox7.org also owns Firefox4.com, Firefox6.org,
Firefox9.org and the
cleverly misspelled Mozilas.com.